US4263628A - Magnetic transducing tape transport system - Google Patents

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US4263628A
US4263628A US06/052,343 US5234379A US4263628A US 4263628 A US4263628 A US 4263628A US 5234379 A US5234379 A US 5234379A US 4263628 A US4263628 A US 4263628A
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    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
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    • G11B15/675—Guiding containers, e.g. loading, ejecting cassettes
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    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02—Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/04—Magazines; Cassettes for webs or filaments
    • G11B23/08—Magazines; Cassettes for webs or filaments for housing webs or filaments having two distinct ends
    • G11B23/087—Magazines; Cassettes for webs or filaments for housing webs or filaments having two distinct ends using two different reels or cores

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  • the present invention relates to a magnetic tape recording/reproducing system, and more particularly to a transport arrangement in which the tape can be contained in a cassette, the system being particularly applicable to video recording tape for magnetic recording and reproduction of television signals in which the signals are recorded in longitudinal tracks.
  • German published patent application DE-AS No. 23 50 816 shows a magnetic tape transport arrangement for a transducing system in which a pay-out reel and a wind-up or take-up reel for a magnetic transducing tape are located adjacent each other and pressed against a common drive roller. Since the diameter of the winding of the tape changes as tape is transported from the pay-out to the take-up reel, the position of the center of rotation of the respective reels with respect to the drive roller changes in radial direction.
  • Information transducing systems that is, information recording and reproduction systems having tape transport arrangements of this type have some disadvantages. For example, care must be taken when exchanging one tape reel or winding for another since, otherwise, the tape may be damaged. Systems of this type are poorly suited for storage of the tape in cassettes or cartridges so that tape on reels has to be handled with consequent possibility of tape spillage upon unskilled or careless handling.
  • the tape is transported between a pair of reels which are located spaced from each other.
  • the tape is guided in a diagonal direction with respect to a tangential line connecting the surfaces, or circumferences of the respective reels.
  • the reels rotate in opposite directions of rotation.
  • the wind-up reel and the pay-out reel rotate oppositely, under the tension force of the tape being wound on the take-up reel, as driven by a drive roller.
  • a magnetic transducing head is located between the take-up and wind-up reel in the diagonal path of the tape between the respective reels, and positioned essentially perpendicularly to the direction of travel of the tape between the two windings.
  • a drive roller driven by a drive motor, is pressed against the tape in the region of the take-up winding.
  • a motor which can function as a drive motor upon reversal of the tape for the tape then operating as a pay-out winding, is operated as a dynamic brake, that is, as a generator feeding its output into a dissipating resistor.
  • both motors one of which then will function as a generator, are engaged with the respective windings to provide the necessary drive for the tape and tension as the tape passes the magnetic transducing head.
  • the arrangement can be constructed inspace-saving manner by engaging the tape by the respective dynamo electric machines functioning, respectively, as a motor and as a brake generator, at opposite sides of the tape.
  • Drive of the take-up winding can be direct from the dynamo electric machine functioning as a motor.
  • Both the dynamo electric machine and the associated drive roller in engagement with the tape preferably are secured by a movable support to the frame of the transport and transducing system or apparatus, to be radially movable with respect to the center of rotation of the respective associated winding.
  • the movable support of the respective drive roller also permits disengagement of the drive roller from the tape, or the winding, respectively, to facilitate exchange of the tape, for example held in a cassette or cartridge, without essential disturbance of the system.
  • Both the respective roller and magnetic head are supported in a parallel-linkage arrangement, to provide for reliable and accurate information transfer between the magnetic recording markings on the tape and the transducing head.
  • the respective tape reels or tape windings are held on reel holders which, preferably, have a conical seat fitting with a conical engagement seat on a shaft which is part of the transducing apparatus or system to ensure accurate centering and true running of the tape and the respective reels and windings.
  • the tape itself can be held in the cassette by a brake plate, spring-loaded to press against the end surface of the accumulated winding roll and supported from a cassette housing surface, the brake plate being lifted off the tape by a push rod which becomes operative when the mechanism is started, to permit free running of the tape in operation, but holding of the tape in the respectively stopped position when the tape in its cassette is removed from the transducing apparatus or merely when the apparatus is stopped.
  • the cassette preferably, is formed with suitable openings to permit engagement of the drive rollers coupled to the respective dynamo electric machine, the cassette housing being formed with movable cover flaps to protect the tape against dirt, dust, and contamination when not associated with a transducing apparatus.
  • the system and apparatus has the specific advantage that the tape can be easily exchanged with other tapes to be associated with the apparatus, can be readily stored in a cassette, and removed and reinserted in the apparatus at random positions which can be predetermined, that is, to transduce specific portions of information on the tape, regardless of where located along the length thereof.
  • FIG. 1 is a highly schematic top view of a cassette, inserted in the apparatus, with the top of the cassette partly broken away, and showing only those portions within the windings necessary for an understanding of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal part-sectional view, partly broken away, showing a fragment of the tape cassette associated with the apparatus and illustrating the braking arrangement for the tape and tape winding holder or reel;
  • FIG. 3 is a highly schematic vertical view, partly in section, and showing the association of a dynamo electric machine, for example a drive motor, with a drive roller to drive the tape through the cassette;
  • a dynamo electric machine for example a drive motor
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the cassette removed from the drive system of the apparatus, partly broken away to show the interior construction
  • FIG. 5 is a top view of the linkage support arrangement for the dynamo electric machines within the transducing apparatus, and the transducing heads, with the cassette removed.
  • a cassette 1 (FIGS. 1, 4) has a top cover plate 2 within which two tape reels 3, 4 are located.
  • reel 3 is deemed to be the take-up reel
  • reel 4 the pay-out reel.
  • the reproducing/recording apparatus has two drive rollers 10, 11, each coupled to a dynamo electric machine, in which the machine of roller 10 will be electrically connected or switched for connection as a drive motor of essentially constant speed, as well known in connection with drive for magnetic transducing tape, and the dynamo electric machine of roller 11 will be connected to operate as a generator loaded by a dissipating resistor so that it will function as a brake for the tape being paid out, thus providing for tension of tape 7 as it runs from the pay-out reel 4 to the take-up reel 3.
  • the take-up reel 3 and the pay-out reel 4 are rotatable about axes 5, 6 which are geometrically predetermined.
  • the windings rotate in opposite direction of rotation, the tape 7 being tensioned by the braking effort of the machine coupled to roller 11, and running essentially diagonally with respect to the circumferences of the respective reels from the pay-out winding 9 to the take-up winding 8 of the take-up reel 3.
  • the drive roller 10 and the braking roller 11, coupled to the respective dynamo electric machines, are pressed against the tape 7 at opposite sides thereof.
  • Drive roller 10 is pressed against the winding 8 of the take-up reel 3; drive roller 11 is pressed against the pay-out winding 9 of the pay-out reel 4.
  • machine 30 FIG. 3 coupled directly to the roller 10 is shown, in this embodiment functioning as a drive motor.
  • Both the drive roller 10 and the braking roller 11 are movable essentially radially with respect to the windings 3, 4, and can be moved out of engagement with the respective windings to interchange the tapes, or the cassettes or cartridges, respectively.
  • the respective rollers 10, 11 are supported by links 12, 13 (FIGS. 1 and 5) on a frame 29 of the tape transport apparatus.
  • Cassette 1 has openings 23, 24 in its end plates, as also seen in FIG. 4, which continue through the bottom plate 22 of the cassette, to permit introduction of the respective rollers 10, 11 and associated equipment into the region of the cassette where the tape runs between the wind-up and pay-out windings.
  • Drive roller 10 and retardation or braking roller 11 can be engaged with the respective sides of the tape 7 at the windings by suitable springs, not shown, and forming part of the transport apparatus, hooked, for example, to links 12, 13 and to the frame 29.
  • the transducer head 14 is surrounded by a tape guide shoe 15 and is linked to a pivot 16 (FIGS. 3, 5) which also forms the axis of rotation of the roller 10.
  • the transducer head 15 is supported in a parallel linkage arrangement by a lever 18 which is pivoted at pivot point 38 to the frame 29; lever 12 is pivoted at pivot point 32 to the frame 29.
  • the bearing 17 of the brake roller 11 is linked to a counter element 37 of the tape 7 which, in general, may have a shape similar to that of a recording head, but bearing against the back side of the tape, and providing a counter bearing for the tape to ensure proper guidance of the tape in its path between the pay-out and wind-up windings.
  • the counter bearing 37 is coupled to the roller 11 by a linkage similar to that which secures the magnetic head 15, which is a parallel linkage arrangement including lever 36 pivoted at pivot point 40 on the frame 29.
  • Lever 13 supporting the roller 11 is pivoted at point 39 to the frame 29.
  • the element 37 provides for reliable and, if desired, increased engagment pressure of the tape 7 on the transducing head 14.
  • the drive roller 10, as well as the counter element 13, are so linked by means of the respective links 12, 18, in combination with the transducing head 14, or the counter element 37, respectively, that a wedge effect of the friction drive elements with respect to the tape is obtained.
  • the engagement pressure likewise increases since the roller 10 will wedge more tightly against the wind-up winding 8.
  • Loading of the bearings is matched, however, to the respectively required torque at any diametrical position of the winding on the reel 3. This substantially improves the uniformity of tape transport and of winding on the take-up reel.
  • the engagement force of the roller 10 is schematically indicated by arrow P in FIG. 5, and can be generated by a spring, not shown.
  • a similar arrangement can be made with respect to the pay-out roller 11 in which, as the diameter of the pay-out roller decreases, the engagement force will decrease.
  • FIG. 2 The details of a cartridge winding holding arrangement are shown in FIG. 2.
  • the cartridge or cassette 1 is shown in operating condition on the frame 29 of the transducing apparatus, not shown in greater detail.
  • the take-up winding reel 3 has an inner conical seat which fits on a conical shaft projection 19 of a hollow shaft 20 which is journalled in the frame 29 by suitable bearings.
  • a braking plate 21 is resiliently supported with respect to the top cover 2 of the cassette or cartridge 1 by an interposed spring 201 which, preferably, is a torsion spring.
  • the braking plate 21, in operation, is lifted off the top of the reel 3 by a push rod 23, passing through the center of the hollow shaft 20 of the reel holder 19, to permit free rotation of the reel 3.
  • the braking plate 21 is lifted off the reel 3 only when the apparatus is operative, for example by an electromagnetically operated plunger engaging the rod 23, by a solenoid, or the like, or by a camming arrangement coupled to the switching for the apparatus.
  • rod or plunger 23 drops down, under force of the spring 201, and gravity, and plate 21 will engage the reel 3 and hold it in position.
  • the reel 3 Before the cassette or cartridge 1 is introduced on the transducing apparatus, the reel 3 is held by the braking plate 21 against the bottom surface 22 of the cassette or cartridge 1 by the spring 201, engaging the top plate 2 of the cassette or cartridge. Reel 4 is similarly maintained in positioned.
  • the conical transport element 19 Upon introduction of the cassette or cartridge 1 on the apparatus, the conical transport element 19 will seat within the reel 3 for accurate centering. The conical element 19, on the shaft 20, will lift the tape 3 off the bottom plate, FIG. 2 illustrating the slight clearance provided thereby.
  • the reel 3 and the conical transport element 19 can be additionally engaged by suitable spring-loaded balls engaging, for example, matching depressions, and positioned on the element 19, as well known, to provide for accurate centering and positive engagement without slippage for smooth running of the reel 3 about the axis of rotation of the hollow shaft 20, as defined by its bearings.
  • the pay-out reel 4 is similarly lifted off the bottom of the cassette 1.
  • the springs 201 are so arranged that they provide not only vertically extending forces between the covers 2 and 22 of the cassette or cartridge 1 (with reference to FIG. 2) but additionally provide torsional forces to the pay-out and take-up windings or reels, thereby ensuring that the tape 7 is always in stretched condition in its path between the two windings 8, 9.
  • Springs 201 preferably, are either spiral springs or leaf springs, which additionally provide for torsional or rotational forces, similar to lock washers.
  • Centering of the windings within the cassette or cartridge, and particularly when the cassette is removed from the apparatus, is improved by forming the reels with circumferential grooves which match circumferential ring-shaped projections formed in the bottom 22 of the cartridge and on the braking plate 21, as seen in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a dynamo electric machine 30, connected as a motor and drive roller 10 coupled to the operating shaft 31 of motor 30.
  • Motor 30 is rigidly secured to a link arm 12 which, in turn, is jounalled on bearing 32 on the frame 29 of the apparatus.
  • Link 12 is formed with a bearing arm 33 extending over the roller 10 and securing the upper portion of shaft 31 to ensure true running.
  • the arm 33 additionally carries a photoelectric speed transducer 34 which can be electrically connected to the motor 30 to control its speed of operation to be precisely uniform, as well known in connection with tape transport motor drives.
  • the photoelectric transducer can cooperate, for example, with markings formed on the drive roller 10.
  • the drive roller 10 has an elastic surface 37.
  • the magnetic transducer head 14 is preferably attached by a pivot connection to the stub or boss 35 formed on the motor housing 30 or on the link 12, respectively, to form the pivot connection 16, while providing for centering of the connecting arm from the transducer head 14 with respect to the center of rotation of the drive roller 10.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the cassette, partly broken away, with tape windings therein, and showing the tape path.
  • the openings in which the respective drive rollers can engage are clearly seen.
  • the tape 7 extends in a diagonal path with respect to a line connecting the centers of rotation of windings 8, 9.
  • the bottom plate 22 is formed with the openings 23, 24 for the drive roller 10 and the braking roller 11, 12, respectively, as well as with openings 25, 26 for the conical shaft supports 19 (FIG. 2).
  • Cover plates 27, 28 which, for example, are longitudinally slidably located in the cassette or connected thereto by "living hinge" connections are provided to close off the openings 23, 24 and 25, 26 so that the cassette will be closed and the contents thereof protected against contamination when not in use.
  • the supports for the drive rollers 10, 11, with axes of rotation 16, 17, connect the respective rollers 10, 11 with the links 12, 13 which, in turn, are connected at pivot points 32, 39 to the chassis frame 29.
  • the transducer head 14 and the tape guide element 15 thereof are connected by the further link 18 with the frame 29.
  • the arrangement of the respective pivot points is so made that the drive roller 10 and the transducing head 14 with its tape guide 15 provide a parallel linkage arrangement.
  • the retardation of braking roller 11 is connected to the counter element 13 which, in turn, is connected by a linkage 36 to pivot point 40 on the frame 29 so that, again, the links 13, 36 and the respective pivot points form a parallel-linkage arrangement.
  • the system and apparatus is particularly suitable for information recording and reproduction in which magnetic signals are transduced for use in television recording, the signals being recorded in longitudinal track recording arrangement, in parallel tracks, and the feed of the tape is reversed when it has reached its final end, that is, when the pay-out reel has paid out the entire tape wound thereon.
  • the dynamo electric machines coupled to the rollers 10, 11 can be readily so connected that they function either as drive motors, with an accurate speed control system connected, or as generators with a dissipating resistor, thus operating as a dynamic brake.
  • the cassette or cartridge holding the tape is simple, readily made of transparent plastic material, while providing for reliable guidance of the tape between the respective pay-out and take-up windings.

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